NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / December 23, 2022 / Four members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s Refugee Olympic Team have received citizenship from their host countries in 2022, marking
NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / December 13, 2022 / The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced the latest group of refugee athletes who have been awarded scholarships to help them train towards
44 refugee athletes receive Olympic Scholarships to help with their training before being selected for the IOC Refugee Olympic Team in Paris in two years' time. They will hope to become the first group to get a medal for the more than 26 million refugees around the world.
The Olympic Movement has made a conscious effort to highlight the plight of refugees before the international community. One of the key priorities of of the Olympic Agenda 2020+5, a strategic roadmap for the International Olympic Committee (IOC), is to strengthen the support to refugees and populations affected by displacement. The IOC has taken a…
Ahead of World Refugee Day on June 20, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has released the initial list of 44 athletes who have been awarded Olympic Scho